Shoe lace clasp



Jan. 2, 1934. R BERTSCH 1,941,654

SHOE LACE CLAS P Filed Aug. 4, 1931 f g-J.

I77 vewZ or;

1 700202? Berlin/Z.

Attorney iatented Jan. 2,

PATENT OFFICE snos LACE CLASP i Rudolf Bertsch,

' Application AugustA,"

, 4 Claims.

It has hitherto been customary to tuck the bows and ends of the shoe laces within the boot, which custom however has several disadvantages. Thus for instance these bows and ends very rarely remain in position within the shoe or boot, but very soon work themselves out again in consequence of the movements of the socks during walking, and they also exert a disagreeable pressure on the foot especially when they do not lie fiat, a condition which is rather diflicult to attain.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device which avoids these disadvantages and holds the shoe or boot laces or the like, or their ends and bows securely and neatly within the shoe and at the same time holds them in such a manner that the knot in the shoe lace cannot become loose, as it hitherto often happened so that this device also serves as a device for securing the laces against becoming loose.

The device itself consists of a clasp into which the ends of the shoe laces and the bows thereof are introduced, the clasp being provided with a clip by means of which it is attached to the edge of the shoe, thus lying together with the ends and bows of the laces on the inside of the shoe or boot and thus being invisible. The clasp for gripping and holding the ends and bows of the laces consists of one or more tongues which are freely accessible at that extremity under which the ends andbows of the shoe laces are introduced or drawn. The clip for fastening the clasp upon the edge of the shoe or boot consists of one or more fingers or hooks. This clasp may be made of one or more parts of wire or sheet metal.

The device forming the subject matter of the present invention is shown in several constructional forms in the accompanying drawing, but by way of example only.

Fig. 1 shows one form of the device as applied to a shoe,

Fig. 2 is a front view of one form of the invention with the shoe laces indicated in clamped position,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is, a front view of another form of the device,

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the device of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a front view of still another form of the device, and

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the device of Fig. 6.

The first constructional form shown in Figs.

2 and 3 is made of sheet metal and is provided Rottweilon-the-Neckar, Germany 1931, Serial No. 555,118,

' and in Germany-July 4, 1931 with a clamp b to hold the ends and bows of the shoe laces securely in position, which clamp is open at the lower extremity and consists of one single resilient tongue of sheet metal, this tongue is fixed at its top extremity to a base plate 0, but the resilient tongue might instead be stamped out of this base plate 0. The ends and bows of the shoe laces are pushed from below under said clamp 21 and lie as is shown in Fig. 2 flat one beside the other so that they are hardly felt by the foot. The base plate in all forms of the invention is substantially fiat throughout.

For the purpose of fixing the clasp to the shoe, holders or clips d are fixed to said clasp, which I are pushed over the top edge of the boot as in Fig. 70 l, and thus securely hold the clasp in position.

The type and design of this shoe lace clasp device may be varied. In the three embodiments shown, it consists of two resilient fingers d which form part of the material of the base plate and are bent over and rounded off at their extremity, but they may also be separately fixed to the base plate, and one single finger may be provided instead of a plurality thereof.

Figs. 4 and 5 also show a clasp made of sheet metal. In this embodiment however two tongues b are arranged one adjacent to the other, and they are moreover stamped out of the material of the base plate 0.

Finally Figs. 6 and 7 show a clasp made of wire, i. e. the clamp or tongue I) consists of a resilient loop of wire and the base plate is also replaced by a wire loop 0, these members I) and 0 being at their top extremity fixed to a plate e to which the fingers d are also fixed or from which said fingers d are stamped out.

The wire loop 0, Figs. 6 and 7, may also be stiifened or reinforced by means of an inner wire loop 7 which is also fixed to the plate 6 and also at its apex to the wire loop 0. The inner loop ,"f serves at the same time as a rest for the ends and bows of the shoe laces a which are to be clamped and held in position.

The method of manufacturing and the design of the device may be suitably varied in all its details. The essential feature consists in that a clamp or clasp for holding the ends and bows of the shoe laces is provided which in its turn can be attached to the shoe.

I claim:-

1. A clamp particularly for the upper edge of a shoe to secure the bows and ends of shoe laces within the shoe, comprising a plate having a clip thereon, a wire loop secured on the plate and having its opening directed downwardly when the 0 clamp is on the shoe, and a resilient wire tongue secured on the plate and adapted to exert a pressure toward the wire loop to hold and secure the ends of the shoe between the wire loop and the tongue and the clip being adapted to hold the clamp on the edge of the shoe with the clip on the outside and the plate, loop and tongue on the inside to thereby hold the ends of the shoe lace within the shoe. v a

2. A clamp particularly for the upper edge of a shoe to secure the bows and ends of shoe laces within the shoe, comprising a plate having a clip thereon, a wire loop secured on the plate,--a resilient wire tongue secured on the plate and'adapted to exert a pressure toward the wire loop to hold and secure the ends of the shoe between the w'i're' loop and the tongue and the clip being adapted to hold the clamp on the edge of the shoe'with the clip on the outside and the plate, loop and 3. A device for securing the ends of shoe laces on the inner surface of the shoe upper, comprising a base plate which is flat throughout, an upstanding resilient clip on the upper end of the base plate, the main portion of the clip being in spaced parallel relation to the base plate, and a resilient lace gripping device spaced from the base plate and parallelfthereto oii tlie' safn "side as the clip and fastened atone-extrema adjacent the upper end of the base plate.

4. A device for securing the ends of shoe laces on the inner surface of the shoe upper, comprising a base plate which is flat throughout and of substantially rectangular shape, a pair of upstanding' re'silien'tclips on two adjacent corners of theupper end of said base plate, the main portion of each clip being in spaced parallel relation to the ba's'e'plate, afida resilient lace gripping device spaced from the base plate and parallel thereto on the' same side as the clips and fastened at one extremity adjacentthe upper end of the base pl t 1: l. .Ja' ii 11,12

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